Opinion
Order No. 1657.
Dated: October 4, 2007.
Effective Date: July 10, 2007.
IT IS ORDERED:
Canon 4D of the Code of Judicial Conduct is amended to read as follows:
Canon 4. A Judge Shall So Conduct the Judge's Extra-Judicial Activities as to Minimize the Risk of Conflict with Judicial Obligations.
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D. Financial Activities.
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(5) A judge shall not accept, and shall urge members of the judge's family* residing in the judge's household not to accept a gift, bequest, favor, or loan from anyone, except for:
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(h) any other gift, bequest, favor, or loan, but only if the donor is not a person who has come or is likely to come before the judge, and if the person's interests have not come and are unlikely to come before the judge. If the value of the gift, bequest, favor, or loan exceeds $ 250.00, or if the cumulative value of more than one gift, bequest, favor, or loan received from a single donor in a calendar year exceeds $250, the judge shall report the gift, bequest, favor, or loan in the same manner as the judge reports compensation under Section 4H.
/s/____________________________ Chief Justice Fabe
/s/____________________________ Justice Matthews
/s/____________________________ Justice Eastaugh
/s/____________________________ Justice Bryner
/s/____________________________ Justice Carpeneti